On a recent camping trip with his son's Cub Scout troop, Curtis Barwick ended a talk about his job managing contracts for the now-bankrupt Coharie Hog Farms with a desperate plea. "I really don't care ...

Looking around at the South Bay landscape today, it’s hard to imagine it as the thriving agricultural area it once was in the first half of the 20th century. Dairy farms once dotted the landscape.